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Illyasviel von Einzbern is an ordinary elementary school student who becomes a magical girl when the magical Kaleidostick Ruby deems her a more suitable master than the sorceress, Rin Tohsaka. Rin, who had been tasked

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 9 - Lone Battle
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #1 - Lone Battle

    S2:E9

    Bazett, who was previously responsible for collecting the Class Cards, launches a fierce attack against Illya and Kuro in an attempt to take their cards, completely overwhelming them. Just as they are cornered, Miyu arrives and uses the power of the Rider card Illya managed to protect to fight back against Bazett.

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  2. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 6 - A Blank, and the End of Night…
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #2 - A Blank, and the End of Night…

    S1:E6

    Illya calls upon the power of the Archer card to defeat Saber.

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  3. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 2 - Illya x Illya
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Illya x Illya

    S2:E2

    Illya finds herself targeted by her dark clone, Kuro Illya, whose creation has resulted in Illya's power becoming weaker. Rin and the others attempt to lure Kuro into a trap, but her ability to read everyone's moves leaves them at a disadvantage. However, Illya manages to draw Kuro into a bog, allowing her to be captured.

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  4. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 6 - On the Other Side of Lies and Façade
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #4 - On the Other Side of Lies and Façade

    S2:E6

    Miyu and Kuro have an intense battle before Illya arrives to try and stop them, apologising for the words she said before. When Irisviel suddenly arrives to pick Illya up, Kuro tries to attack her, but she stops her with her own magic. Irisviel reveals Kuro was sealed away so that Illya can become the Holy Grail, with Kuro becoming upset when she learns the Holy Grail War no longer takes place, feeling she has no place to belong. She ends up overusing her mana and starts to disappear, but Illya gives her some of her own mana so that she can last longer. Told by Illya to make her own wish come true, Kuro wishes to have a family, allowing her to come back into existence as a proper member of Illya's family.

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  5. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 10 - The Things Those Hands Protected
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #5 - The Things Those Hands Protected

    S2:E10

    Bazett uses her weapon, Fragarach, to counter Miyu's strongest move and take her card, soon setting her sights on Kuro. However, working together with Kuro and Ruby, Illya manages to activate a seal that Rin left behind, allegedly giving her the same curse as Kuro and leaving her unable to harm Illya. Rin also reveals the existence of an eighth card, convincing Bazett to form a truce and leave Illya with half of the cards. As the girls resume their everyday lives and look forward to their trip to the beach, the mysterious eighth card lies in slumber.

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  6. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 3 - Normal Life Breaker
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Normal Life Breaker

    S2:E3

    After failing to get any information from Kuro, Rin places a seal on her that would cause her pain if anything happens to Illya. When Kuro escapes, Illya has to take drastic measures to keep her from making moves on Shirou. The next day, Kuro causes more problems for Illya when she starts randomly kissing other girls at school to replenish mana. When the two are spotted together by her classmates, Kuro decides to pose as Illya's cousin.

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  7. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 4 Episode 1 - City Fading to Silver
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - City Fading to Silver

    S4:E1

    The girls learn that the crater created in the mountain during their previous battle has mysteriously disappeared. While investigating the scene, they are suddenly confronted by two new adversaries who overwhelm them and kidnap Miyu. As Illya tries to chase after her, she finds herself in parallel world covered in snow, where she meets a peculiar girl known only as Tanaka. Despite seemingly having no other memories, Tanaka is somehow able to tell Illya that Miyu has been kidnapped by the Ainsworth Family.

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  8. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 4 - We Lost
    6.8/10(39 votes)

    #8 - We Lost

    S1:E4

    Illya and her friends have been defeated by Caster. They must figure out how to improve their teamwork in order to win the rematch.

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  9. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 10 - Kaleidoscope
    6.8/10(44 votes)

    #9 - Kaleidoscope

    S1:E10

    Illya and Miyu must combine their strength in order to defeat Berserker whose Noble Phantasm allows him instant resurrections.

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  10. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 8 - Her Name Is
    6.8/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Her Name Is

    S2:E8

    Irisviel has Rin and Luvia sneak her into Illya's school to observe her during classes, later asking them to leave Illya and Kuro to their normal lives. Later that day, as Rin observes a change in the ley lines and Miyu is sent on an errand, a mysterious woman named Bazett Fraga McRemitz appears before Luvia, demanding she hand over the Class Cards. As Luvia and her butler, Auguste, battle against Bazett, Rin tries to find the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but both their attacks fail, as Bazett prepares to make a move against Illya and Kuro.

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  11. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 3 Episode 3 - Girls, Life is Short, So Rot Away
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Girls, Life is Short, So Rot Away

    S3:E3

    Plagued by thoughts of lewdness surrounding Illya and Kuro, Mimi starts putting her thoughts down into story, which soon turns into a gender-swapped boy's love story. This soon catches the attention of her classmate Suzuka Kurihara and her sister, who decide to use her story for a yaoi doujin. Concerned about Mimi's gradual transformation into a fujoshi, Suzuka asks Illya, Miyu, and Kuro for their help. Despite not being fond of Mimi's fascination with BL, Illya learns that it doesn't mean they can't still be friends.

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  12. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 4 - Wild Transfer Student
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Wild Transfer Student

    S2:E4

    Kuro transfers into Illya's class, much to Illya's dismay, and is immediately thrust into a dodgeball match against the classmates she kissed the other day. Feeling her school life is at risk, Illya steps in to challenge Kuro one-on-one, with both sides bringing out their full magical power. Kuro lands a critical hit on Illya's face, but due to their shared pain they both pass out, ending the match in a draw. Whilst recovering, Kuro suspects the school nurse knows more about her existence than she lets on. As Shirou comes to pick up Illya, Miyu is a little perturbed by Kuro's words that she shouldn't stay too close to Illya, lest she find out things she has been keeping secret.

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  13. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 3 Episode 8 - Observer
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Observer

    S3:E8

    Luvia collapses the ceiling onto the enemy so that everyone can escape, but it transforms itself into a craft that starts heading towards the city. Just then, the girls are approached by Caren, revealed to be an observer for the Holy Church, who had placed a bound field around the city to keep anyone from seeing anything, giving the girls an opportunity to rest. As Caren theorises that the creature is targeting the Holy Grail, with Kuro deducing it relates to a different Holy Grail War entirely, the enemy starts heading towards Mt. Enzou, where it uncovers a magic circle. While trying to push them out of it, Illya pushes out a human boy that was inside it.

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  14. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 2 - Who?
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    #14 - Who?

    S1:E2

    A challenger appears, just when Illya is having trouble collecting the Rider card under Rin's instructions.

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  15. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 1 - Illya Grow Up!?
    6.6/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Illya Grow Up!?

    S2:E1

    With the ley lines failing to recover despite the cards being retrieved, Rin and Luvia bring Illya and Miyu with them to help seal the lines. However, something goes wrong, leading Illya to become split into two separate people.

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  16. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 7 - Triumph and Escape
    6.5/10(39 votes)

    #16 - Triumph and Escape

    S1:E7

    Illya stays home to recover from a fever, but gets into some hijinks with Miyu. That night they attempt to capture the Assassin card.

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  17. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 7 - Clash! Cooking Sisters
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Clash! Cooking Sisters

    S2:E7

    Illya ends up competing in a baking contest against Kuro, winding up at a disadvantage due to one of her teammates adding bizarre ingredients. The next day, Illya tries to learn how to be regarded by Kuro as a "big sister", with not much success. Everyone also find out that Illya, Kuro and Miyu have the same birthday of July 20th. Later, Kuro states how she is relying on Illya to keep supplying her with mana.

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  18. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 3 Episode 1 - It's Like Looking in a Mirror, and I Don't Like It
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #18 - It's Like Looking in a Mirror, and I Don't Like It

    S3:E1

    As Illya and her friends prepare for a trip to the beach, Mimi stumbles across Illya and Kuro doing their 'mana transfer'. Afterwards, Miyu comes over to Illya's house for a sleepover, where she acts bashful around Shirou.

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  19. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 3 Episode 9 - Golden Boy
    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Golden Boy

    S3:E9

    As Caren experiences backflash from her observation spell, the boy, revealed to be the Heroic Spirit of the eighth card, reveals that Miyu is a princess from a parallel world who was born as a complete version of the Holy Grail. Feeling she can't escape her fate, Miyu gives Sapphire to Illya before being pulled into the vortex, completing the Heroic Spirit's ultimate form. Learning that Miyu is still alive inside the demon's body, Kuro and Bazett hold off the demon while Illya, gathering her resolve to rescue her friend, combines Ruby and Sapphire's power to unleash a powerful new transformation.

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  20. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 5 - There are two options?
    6.4/10(38 votes)

    #20 - There are two options?

    S1:E5

    There is no time to celebrate their hard-won victory, as Saber card suddenly appears to strike down Rin and Luvia. Faced with their strongest opponent yet, which option will Illya and Miyu choose?

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  21. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 9 - End it Here
    6.4/10(39 votes)

    #21 - End it Here

    S1:E9

    Miyu attempts to capture the last card by herself using Saber's power.

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  22. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 2 Episode 5 - Well, In Other Words
    6.4/10(22 votes)

    #22 - Well, In Other Words

    S2:E5

    After Illya inadvertently blows up her house's bathroom wall, her family comes over to Luvia's house to use her bathroom, where Kuro causes more trouble for Illya. Later, as Rin and Luvia ask Illya about how she used the Archer Card in the manner she did, Illya's statement of wanting to return to a normal life angers Kuro, who reveals she herself possesses the Archer Card and escapes. The next day, Miyu is summoned by Kuro, who claims Illya's wish of a normal life excludes Miyu and the other people she had met as well too. However, Miyu has faith in her friendship with Illya and uses the Saber Card to stand up against Kuro.

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  23. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 3 Episode 2 - Tricolore Birthday
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Tricolore Birthday

    S3:E2

    Illya and her friends arrive at the beach alongside Shirou and his friend Issei Ryuudou. Whilst enjoying the beach, Miyu tells about how she has a brother, who Shirou resembles, before the girls come across Bazett, who is working part-time jobs to pay off her debts. Later, as everyone has a party to celebrate Illya, Miyu, and Kuro's birthdays, the celebrations are interrupted by some noisy construction from Rin and Luvia, who are attempting to dig for the eighth card, with Illya soon finding herself in the middle of an outrageous feud. Things become more troublesome when Ruby tries to inject Shirou with a love potion, though Sapphie soon sorts things out by erasing everyone's memories.

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  24. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 1 - Birth! A Magical Girl!
    6.3/10(50 votes)

    #24 - Birth! A Magical Girl!

    S1:E1

    Illya has been chosen by the Kaleidostick Ruby to become the new magical girl.

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  25. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Season 1 Episode 3 - Girl Meets Girl
    6.3/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Girl Meets Girl

    S1:E3

    A mysterious transfer student, Miyu Edelfelt, has joined Illya's class. Is she friend or rival?

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Best Episodes Summary

"Lone Battle" is the best rated episode of "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya". It scored 7.5/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/4/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Blank, and the End of Night…".